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Cybercriminals have become so good at finding new ways to penetrate corporate and government IT systems that they can no longer be entirely blocked. Cybersecurity vendors are being forced to recognize that fact, and one of them, Vectra Networks, has raised another $25 million in funding to detect and prioritize attacks in real time so customers can decide which ones to fight first, Venture Capital Dispatch has learned. Read More »

Cisco Chief John Chambers has complained to President Obama about the National Security Agency, following reports that it intercepts U.S.-made networking hardware on the way to foreign customers to install modifications to allow NSA snooping.

“We simply can’t operate this way,” Chambers wrote in a letter to the president, which was reported earlier by the Financial Times and obtained by The Wall Street Journal.

For networking equipment supplier Juniper Networks Inc., Asia is full of opportunities. Telecommunications infrastructure and data centers in the region are developing rapidly, and there are sizable markets in China and other emerging economies.

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In Asia, Juniper faces fierce competition from major equipment vendors such as China’s Huawei Technologies Co. and U.S. rival Cisco Systems Inc. Compared to Huawei or Cisco, Juniper’s equipment business is more specialized – mainly routing and switching systems — and the company also offers security products such as firewalls and anti-hacking systems.

The Wall Street Journal spoke with Juniper Senior Vice President Douglas Murray, who is in charge of the Asia Pacific region, to talk about opportunities and challenges in China and beyond.Read More »